Episode # 144 SPECIAL GUESTS: Dr Edgar J. Scott, Phd & Kay Scott, M Ed

SPECIAL GUESTS - Dr. Edgar J. Scott & Kay Scott M Ed - AUTHORS ../

Don't Want to Be the Only Black There: Successful Black Students Tell How Predominantly White Colleges Can Help Them Graduate/

Going to college for most Black students in America looks very different than it does for Caucasian students on a predominantly white campus. This book highlights the many factors that impact the experiences of potential college-going African-Americans and allows us to get a look at how (16) Black university students view the racially disparate educational system in America and how to be successful within /

FOOD FOR THOUGHT.../

History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again. Maya Angelou /

 "MINORITY" ...Rather than a relational "SOCIAL GROUP", as the term would indicate, the term refers to a category that is differentiated from the social majority, that is, those who hold the majority of positions of social power in a society, and may be defined by law. The differentiation can be based on one or more observable human characteristics, including, but not limited to: ethnicity, race, gender, wealth, health or sexual orientation. Usage of the term is applied to various situations and civilizations within history, despite its popular mis-association with a numerical, statistical minority. In the social sciences, the term "minority" is used to refer to categories of persons who hold few positions of social power. /

 http://www.blogtalkradio.com/eie-save-our-children/2011/04/30/education-in-the-inner-cities-today